State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,912 Montana births in 2000 across 450 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Montana more than they say America.

#61Brayden#199 nationally
#66Bridgeroutside the national top 200
#58Mckenna#188 nationally
#74Kadenoutside the national top 200
#74Kylee#197 nationally
#78Abbyoutside the national top 200
#78Cadenoutside the national top 200
#85Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#58Levi#172 nationally
#87Josieoutside the national top 200
#90Ryleeoutside the national top 200
#92Laneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison95US #3
#2Emily77US #1
#3Taylor55US #10
#4Hannah54US #2
#5Abigail52US #14
#6Sarah46US #5
#7Elizabeth43US #9
#8Samantha43US #7
#9Hailey42US #35
#10Ashley41US #4
#11Emma41US #17
#12Olivia40US #16
#13Grace36US #19
#14Jessica36US #8
#15Morgan36US #25
#16Megan35US #18
#17Sydney33US #23
#18Alexis30US #6
#19Jasmine30US #27
#20Kaitlyn30US #30
#21Bailey29US #68
#22Anna28US #22
#23Brianna28US #15
#24Kayla26US #13
#25Mariah26US #75
#26Rachel26US #21
#27Katelyn24US #54
#28Haley23US #28
#29Katherine23US #33
#30Lauren23US #11
#31Mackenzie23US #43
#32Sierra23US #53
#33Alyssa22US #12
#34Brooke22US #51
#35Makayla22US #67
#36Shelby22US #70
#37Courtney21US #59
#38Mary21US #46
#39Katie20US #95
#40Alexandra19US #36
#41Jordan19US #50
#42Amanda18US #32
#43Caitlin17US #76
#44Danielle17US #48
#45Julia17US #29
#46Molly17US #96
#47Nicole17US #31
#48Savannah17US #37
#49Trinity17US #74
#50Allison16US #44
#51Cassidy16US #107
#52Destiny16US #24
#53Erin16US #61
#54Faith16US #66
#55Jade16US #116
#56Leah16US #97
#57Madeline16US #56
#58Mckenna16US #188
#59Payton16US #163
#60Chloe15US #38
#61Gabrielle15US #49
#62Mckenzie15US #133
#63Mikayla15US #108
#64Victoria15US #20
#65Alexa14US #87
#66Brittany14US #60
#67Jenna14US #63
#68Kaylee14US #72
#69Kylie14US #104
#70Marissa14US #78
#71Paige14US #69
#72Riley14US #131
#73Cassandra13US #100
#74Kylee13US #197
#75Natalie13US #34
#76Rebecca13US #39
#77Sophia13US #42
#78Abby12
#79Amber12US #47
#80Brooklyn12US #177
#81Hayley12US #149
#82Jordyn12US #186
#83Lily12US #124
#84Melissa12US #71
#85Aubrey11
#86Heather11US #125
#87Josie11
#88Kelsey11US #88
#89Maria11US #41
#90Rylee11
#91Sara11US #57
#92Andrea10US #55
#93Aurora10
#94Autumn10US #77
#95Brittney10US #148
#96Sophie10US #160
#97Cheyenne9US #99
#98Isabelle9US #144
#99Jamie9US #155
#100Kara9US #192

Boys

#1Jacob99US #1
#2Tyler77US #10
#3Zachary64US #15
#4Michael63US #2
#5Dylan62US #24
#6Logan61US #40
#7Joseph57US #8
#8Daniel54US #9
#9Austin53US #23
#10Andrew52US #7
#11Joshua52US #4
#12Ethan49US #25
#13James48US #18
#14William47US #11
#15Matthew46US #3
#16Samuel45US #28
#17Cody44US #60
#18Nicholas43US #6
#19Noah43US #27
#20Caleb42US #38
#21Cole41US #71
#22Hunter41US #35
#23John41US #14
#24Ryan41US #13
#25Benjamin40US #26
#26Connor39US #50
#27Kyle38US #37
#28Brandon37US #12
#29Alexander36US #20
#30Thomas35US #33
#31Riley34US #109
#32Cameron33US #31
#33Nathan32US #30
#34Seth32US #63
#35Christopher30US #5
#36Jonathan29US #21
#37Jordan29US #36
#38Justin29US #19
#39Sean29US #57
#40David28US #16
#41Isaac28US #53
#42Robert28US #29
#43Aaron27US #41
#44Mason27US #64
#45Tanner27US #93
#46Wyatt27US #110
#47Blake25US #80
#48Christian25US #22
#49Gabriel24US #44
#50Anthony23US #17
#51Dalton23US #91
#52Isaiah23US #47
#53Jared23US #56
#54Colton22US #111
#55Dakota22US #88
#56Taylor22US #136
#57Chase21US #77
#58Levi21US #172
#59Luke21US #59
#60Spencer21US #98
#61Brayden20US #199
#62Garrett20US #74
#63Ian20US #73
#64Trevor20US #75
#65Tristan20US #105
#66Bridger19
#67Elijah19US #52
#68Evan19US #55
#69Jesse19US #90
#70Adam17US #45
#71Brian17US #43
#72Gavin17US #85
#73Josiah17US #180
#74Kaden17
#75Kaleb17US #141
#76Parker17US #127
#77Preston17US #142
#78Caden16
#79Carson16US #119
#80Jason16US #39
#81Jeremy16US #84
#82Nathaniel16US #61
#83Charles15US #51
#84Dillon15US #169
#85Jaden15US #154
#86Aidan14US #114
#87Brady14US #189
#88Dawson14US #168
#89Devin14US #69
#90Gage14US #166
#91Jackson14US #72
#92Lane14
#93Payton14
#94Tucker14
#95Ty14
#96Alex13US #62
#97Bryce13US #92
#98Dustin13US #148
#99Kevin13US #32
#100Landon13US #200

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑60Jasmine#19
↑55Mason#44
↑52Kaitlyn#20
↑33Spencer#60
↑31Olivia#12
↑29Katherine#29
↑28Ian#63
↑26Destiny#52

Falling

↓46Rebecca#76
↓44Amber#79
↓42Paige#71
↓39Alex#96
↓33Jamie#99
↓32Dillon#84
↓29Kylee#74
↓28Justin#38

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.